I don't get the amount of criticism this title is getting, the quality is considerably higher than almost any game I've played through, with a great regards for the art and animations.
In the end it is a story with sex happening, quite often I would say, the animations are nice during the scenes and during the dialogue, we also get full on video animations for some events.
I understand a bit the criticism about the dubbing, it is not of the best quality overall but it is bearable and doesn't really ruin anything from my point of view, I've heard worse english dubs in anime official releases.
Fine, you could be disappointed with the story pacing, but maybe this episode was meant to know the various characters better, which is not uncommon if you think about it.
What I am a bit wary tho is that the game seem to branch out, being able to pursue only a set of characters instead of them all, I understand why this is done but I'd rather be able to experience everything in a single playthrough.